SONS OF THE SEA

Original British 17 inch x 22 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1939 Zoltan Korda Naval Drama SONS OF THE SEA starring Leslie Banks, Cecil Parker, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward, Nigel Stock and Kynaston Reeves.

The son of a Dartmouth Navy base commander is used as an unwitting pawn by an enemy agent in this wartime propaganda with a solid central performance by Banks.

The advert is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold. There are 2 sets of staple holes along the centre fold. There is a tiny tear at the top edge.

Trade advertisements are colourful posters aimed at cinema managers, which were either slipped in, or part of, the weekly film trade journals which were available to them by subscription but were not sold to the general public. The large size Trade advertisements are about the size of US half sheet posters and have a centre fold which is usually hard to discern when flat. Most were designed to be pulled out, and some were attached by staples. Most have the date in tiny letters in one of the top corners.
The publishers own copies from the 1930’s were destroyed by fire and water damage during the Blitz and Wartime paper drives decimated those held by cinemas making them quite rare.